DAMBUSTERS Clarke, Michael Terence

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Clarke ​

• FORENAME

Michael Terence ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

151151 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th April 1945 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery,Poland Coll.grave 5.B.1-5 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 28.6.1922​

son of James Kilian and Evelyn Muriel (nee Blake) Clarke,Farnham,Surrey​

educated Lancing College 1936-December 1940​

RAFVR​

LAC​

Pilot Officer 26.1.1943​

57 Squadron​

Flying Officer 26.7.1943​

award DFC (16.1.1945)​

Flight Lt 26.1.1945​

617 Squadron​

navigator​

Lancaster NG228​

Swinemunde,Germany (battleship Lutzow)​

hit by flak and crashed in target area​

originally buried Caseburg Friedhof,Swinemunde​

re-interred 2.3.1949 ​